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Certainty hires former PlanTech exec

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2007
Corporate advisory firm, Certainty Financial, has appointed Mark Young to director of operations effective next month. Young has 12 years of experience in Australian and international financial services and fund management markets. "The appointment ...

PIS pre-empts NZ adviser surge

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2007
... moment, with the Government having introduced initiatives such as the Kiwisaver scheme to encourage New Zealanders to further plan to self-fund their own retirement," he said. He said the number of sponsors' representatives attending the conference showed ...

ING launches SMSF kit

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2007
ING has launched a new self managed super fund (SMSF) starter kit, called ING DIY Super Service, to help individuals establish and manage an SMSF with an adviser's help. Clients, through their adviser, will be able to use more sophisticated wealth management ...

AMP SignatureSuper gets personal

ALEX DUNNIN, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2007
AMP Corporate Superannuation, riding on the success of its top-rated SignatureSuper corporate platform, is launching a Personal Allocated Pension for customers who want a sharper deal on fees and forego the "advice option". Greg Healy, AMP Financial ...

Customer satisfaction is a measure of indifference

Bankers on a panel at a conference in Sydney last week were asked what value they got from customer satisfaction surveys, two of which had just been released. No one on the panel, which included National Australia Bank executive general manager of business ...

ADPIA lobbies for fin literacy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2007
A property association representing $20 billion of investor assets has joined the industrywide call for better investor education after thousands of mum-and-dads lost $1 billion on high yield but high risk investment products. Speaking at a conference ...

Scalable laws could protect property finance investors

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2007
More regulation in itself may not be the answer to avoiding future property group collapses, but better structured and scalable regulation might be, said the Institute of Actuaries of Australia (IAA). Greg Martin, IAA senior vice president, said better ...

Sydney on $24 million a day

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2007
... Also on the agenda for President Hu and other visiting APEC leaders is the endorsement of a new Trade Facilitation Action Plan, which will cut the cost of doing business in the region.

No dumb messages at Datasquirt

... sees the IPO delays as a minor setback. "We are able to pursue this float if you like because we have a fundamental business plan and not one that is sentiment driven." The group's flagship software CONTACT is used by call center operators to deliver ...

Get financial advice on the web

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2007
The internet is increasingly becoming a key resource for financial planners who wish to broaden their client base and provide up to date information with the launch of two new websites, RateCity and RatesMate. The two websites are not affiliated but ...